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I just got a female popes from a guy I know and was wondering how large it should be at 4yrs of age. Another thing I wanted to know was how large they have to be to breed.

Thanks
Joe G.

They should be full-grown adults at 4 yrs of age. Females should be around 3' long and males may be around 18-24" long. Age is a better determinate factor of breeding ability and they can easily breed at 3 years, in my past experience. I believe that Tim Cole currently breeds this species and he may be willing to answer any other questions that you have, or even elaborate on this one.

Derek

I agree with Derek.
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Thanks for the replys. My female is a little over 26 inches and is suppose to be about 4yrs old.

Thanks again,
Joe G.

I had a female that was all of 14" in lenght that gave birth to 6 babies. She was the diameter of a pencil! I never had a male in with her.

I wouldn't attempt to breed a female at such a small size, I got her from a zoo that had 12 or so in the same exhibit. I brought that snake home and 2 months later she dropped babies.
Go figure!

Randal Berry

A little off topic, but heres some pics of ours

>>I just got a female popes from a guy I know and was wondering how large it should be at 4yrs of age. Another thing I wanted to know was how large they have to be to breed.
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>>Thanks
>>Joe G.

>>A little off topic, but heres some pics of ours

That looks like an albolabris, not a popeiorum.

Cheers,

WW
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I agree with Wolfgang, those are white-Lips.

Randal Berry